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'47 Dodge is base for 2006 Stone Soup Nailhead

The 1947 Dodge Truck came to the Stone Soup project painted in solar yellow and ended up Plum Crazy with flames.
For the last few years, Detroit radio station WCSX has dreamed up a car or truck to build, and the Motor City has taken it from there, making a collectible out of nothing—like making soup by boiling a stone, hence the project's name. Collectors, auto dealerships and companies donate parts, and car-crazed aficionados can't wait to tinker and build a vehicle from them. The WCSX Stone Soup vehicles are always vintage in nature, even though some tout the latest technology inside. This year, the Stone Soup vehicle body began with a 1947 Dodge Truck body. The transmission came from Ford, and the engine is a Buick Nailhead. WCSX radio sells tickets for $25 each and at the drawing, Teri Lynn Knight from Taylor, Mich., won the truck. All proceeds from the Stone Soup projects each year are donated to the Children's Leukemia Foundation.

Ford expands Super Duty truck lineup

Ford is expanding its F-series pickup range with a new super-sized F-450. The company unveiled the new model, along with its entire 2008 Super Duty lineup, at the State Fair of Texas yesterday. The F-450 is a consumer version of a Ford commercial truck, with a payload rating of more than 6,000 pounds and a towing capacity of more than 24,000 pounds. It will feature dual rear wheels and a four-door crew cab, and will be powered by a 6.4-liter engine, producing 350 horsepower and 650 pound-feet of torque. Production of the 2008 Ford Super Duty trucks is scheduled to begin in January. (Automotive News)

 

[BootHead]

Nice one.


hey man,, What? hey play the one about the stew rock or something, OK!

:giggedy:

The Wonderful Soup Stone Lyrics

(Shel Silverstein)

I swear you could taste the chicken and tomatoes
And the noodles and the marrowbone
But it really wasn't nothing but some water and potatoes
And the wonderful, wonderful soupstone

Hanging from a string in my mama's kitchen, back in the hard time days
Was a little ol' stone 'bout the size of an apple, it was smooth and worn and grey
There wasn't much food in my mama's kitchen, so whenever things got tight
Mama boiled up some water, put in the stone and said "Let's have some soup tonight"

And I swear you could taste the chicken and tomatoes
And the noodles and the marrowbone
But it really wasn't nothing but some water and potatoes
And the wonderful, wonderful soupstone

It had been in the family for a whole lotta years, so we knew it was a nourishing thing
And I remember mama, as she stirred it in the water, and we could all hear her sing
"Its a magical stone and as long as we got it, we'll never have a hungry night
Just add a little love to the wonderful soupstone and everything will be alright"

And I swear you could taste the chicken and tomatoes
And the noodles and the marrowbone
But it really wasn't nothing but some water and potatoes
And the wonderful, wonderful soupstone

So it carried us all through the darkening days, 'til finally the sunshine came
And the soupstone started into gathering dust, but it hung there just the same
And ever since then the food's been plenty, but every now and then I find
That mama in the kitchen with the wonderful soupstone, drifts across my mind

And again I can taste the chicken and tomatoes
And the noodles and the marrowbone
But it really wasn't nothing but some water and potatoes
And the wonderful, wonderful soupstone

And again I can taste the chicken and tomatoes
And the noodles and the marrowbone
But it really wasn't nothing but some water and potatoes
And the wonderful, wonderful soupstone

(c)1972 Tro-Essex Music Ltd. :dance: